Compare SharePoint vs. WordPress
SharePoint is ranked 1st in Web Content Management with 36 reviews while WordPress is ranked 3rd in Web Content Management with 5 reviews. SharePoint is rated 7.8, while WordPress is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of SharePoint writes "The metadata services, the WCF service integration and the Voxel feature are three most valuable elements of this solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WordPress writes "Lots of flexibility for integrations and ability to create simpler as well as more complex sites". SharePoint is most compared with OpenText ECM, Box and Documentum, whereas WordPress is most compared with SharePoint, Liferay Digital Experience Platform and Plone. See our SharePoint vs. WordPress report.
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The online editing capabilities, file sharing, auditing, information security, ease of solution management, and the easy user adaptation to the platform are the most valuable features. The most valuable features are the Integrations, web site, and search. This solution has helped us with the categorization, organization, management, discovery, and delivery of program and project related information. For any organization with more than one person in it, if they are trying to organize things to let people in the company know what others are doing, then this solution is good for them. The workflow feature is valuable because it enables us to cascade responsibilities. It has helped us with storing all the documents, which means that people are not going to intervene. There is a way of extracting knowledge within documentation and tracking it. There are knowledge assets for where documentation is stored, indexed and searchable through SharePoint. The metadata services, the WCF service integration and the Voxel feature are three most valuable elements of this solution. Tech support tops off as excellent. | We use WordPress on two different websites and it solves all of our website issues. It is a stable system which offers a wide variety of themes and templates. As WordPress is such a popular product, there are many designers and developers available to work on projects. Ready-made themes speed the design process; a huge number of quality themes are available from several sources. Good for rapidly turning around all the elements required for online sales funnels. |
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The way to change the version of the files in SharePoint should be improved. The method of synchronizing files from local to cloud can also use improvement. The areas of this solution that need improvement are the relationships between lists, cross-site web parts, and page-building tools. This solution would benefit from the implementation of enhanced online forms and template development capabilities. I would like a simpler, more cost-effective solution for connecting data sources with workflows and BI tools, or data mining tools. Workflow is something that can become more intelligent. Search can be improved a lot because we are always trying to compare it with Google Search. Beyond that, it would be helpful to tag the documents. The initial setup was very complex. I understand that some functions are lost when you store the information in a file system, so maybe that's a way SharePoint can improve. | I would recommend dumping the Gutenberg interface, as that is horrible. The system should be more informative. The basic product is becoming less usable by end users for site maintenance post delivery. Backups and moving sites could be handled better. WordPress sites do require quite a bit of maintenance: Constant updates to both WordPress and all the various plugins that it requires. |
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For this type of solution, it is not wise to buy it without Software Assurance. The pricing works for us. The cost is expensive, but worthwhile. We have purchased add-ons to handle multiple site collections, form creation, and design. The data classification and search elements are cheap. The replacement costs for it are cheaper if you use only SharePoint. It is very expensive. | Set up cost is nothing. Pricing is free. You need to pay a cost only for the domains, hosting, and to buy themes. It provides a high ROI. |
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Views 38,114 Comparisons 31,748 Reviews 36 Average Words per Review 297 Avg. Rating 7.7 | Views 3,451 Comparisons 2,905 Reviews 5 Average Words per Review 419 Avg. Rating 9.2 |
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Also Known As | |
| SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010 | |
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| Microsoft | Wordpress Video Not Available |
Overview | |
SharePoint is a Microsoft-based platform for building web applications. It covers a widerange of capabilities and while it is appropriate for experienced webdevelopers, even non-technical minded users can easily navigate through thesystem and execute functions such as collaborating data, managing documents andfiles, creating websites, managing social networking solutions, and automatingworkflow. Major areas that SharePoint deals with are websites,communities, content, search, insights, and composites. The purpose is to give usersthe ability to create or develop these key business components on their owneven without technical knowledge of, for example, how to build a website or howto integrate coding. Configuring SharePoint into a business's system is meantto cut out all of the complicated steps, and pave the way for easierimplementation all around. | WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. WordPress is installed on a web server, which either is part of an Internet hosting service or is a network host itself; the first case may be on a service like WordPress.com, for example, and the second case is a computer running the software package WordPress.org. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system. |
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Sample Customers | |
| Toyota, Aeroports de Paris, ASBBank Ltd., Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals, CambridgeshireConstabulary, D&M Group, NPL Construction Company, and The Regional Municipality of Niagara. | TIBCO Software, Code for America, Crosswise, Essio Shower, AdLemons, Applied Geographics |
Top Industries | |
Financial Services Firm14% University10% Comms Service Provider8% Energy/Utilities Company8% Software R&D Company26% Financial Services Firm11% Government8% Comms Service Provider7% | Software R&D Company29% Comms Service Provider15% Non Profit8% Real Estate/Law Firm6% |
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Small Business36% Midsize Enterprise22% Large Enterprise42% Small Business24% Midsize Enterprise8% Large Enterprise68% | Small Business82% Midsize Enterprise18% |
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